See who’s coming to the Pasadena rodeo

By Don Maines, CORRESPONDENT

Published
11:06 am CDT, Thursday, September 12, 2019

Pasadena ISD Superintendent DeeAnn Powell got into the spirit of the Pasadena Livestock Show & Rodeo in a recent trail ride to promote the event that traveled from school to school in her district. Many students in the district exhibit livestock in the annual show and compete for scholarships.

Pasadena ISD Superintendent DeeAnn Powell got into the spirit of the Pasadena Livestock Show & Rodeo in a recent trail ride to promote the event that traveled from school to school in her district. Many

Pasadena ISD Superintendent DeeAnn Powell got into the spirit of the Pasadena Livestock Show & Rodeo in a recent trail ride to promote the event that traveled from school to school in her district. Many students in the district exhibit livestock in the annual show and compete for scholarships.

Pasadena ISD Superintendent DeeAnn Powell got into the spirit of the Pasadena Livestock Show & Rodeo in a recent trail ride to promote the event that traveled from school to school in her district. Many

The cowboy tradition kicks off Sept. 20 with mutton bustin’ as young rodeo contestants aim to stay atop a sheep for 6 thrilling seconds.

Following the first night’s rodeo, live music begins with Ram Herrera and the Outlaw Band. With multiple Grammy nominations under his belt, the Tejano singer, who once shared the stage with the late Selena Quintanilla-Perez, formed his five-piece band in 2018.

McCollum, 27, is an Austin-based singer, songwriter and multiinstrumentalist who hails from Conroe. At age 22, he broke out with a single, “Meet You in the Middle,” and his life changed “in the blink of an eye.”

Last year, McCollum and Wetzel joined forces for a “Naughty or Nice” tour and a recording called “Love.”

Wetzel fronts a group of “East Texas boys” whose take on Texas rock ‘n’ roll has been described as “‘90s and early 2000s punk rock meets raw, hillbilly east Texas country music.”

Templeton’s father, Dwight, had a hit in the late 1980s with “California,” while Glen Templeton’s career took with when the daughters of the late Conway Twitty picked him to star as their legendary father in a touring musical.

Get out that cowboy hat

What: The Pasadena Livestock Show & Rodeo features a nightly rodeo and entertainers

When: Sept. 20-28. Gates for the rodeo open at 5 p.m. Visit pasadenarodeo.com for event times.

Where: Pasadena Fairgrounds, 7601 Red Bluff Road, Pasadena

Tickets: $5 before 5 p.m.; $20 after 5 p.m. (seniors $15); free for under age 10

Information: pasadenarodeo.com; 281-487-0240

Park titled his sixth studio album “Don’t Forget Where You Come From,” which hearkens back to 1998 when Park was 14 and picked up the guitar as a path to healing after his father died. His “neo-traditional sound” stems from his father introducing him to the music of Roger Miller, Merle Haggard, George Jones and the like.

Mike Ryan is a bearded, San Antonio-born singer-songwriter whose first No. 1 single, “Dancing All Around It,” was voted the 2014 song of the year by independent Texas music promoters.

At presstime, almost 250 youngsters had registered to exhibit at the livestock show. The top 12 animals in each species of the show advance to the livestock show auction, which “typically brings in a half a million dollars,” said Jim Dutton, a lifetime vice president of the group.

In addition, scholarships will be awarded to students from Today’s Harbor for Children in La Porte, as well as to youths from high schools in Deer Park, Pasadena, La Porte and Clear Creeks ISDs. Some Pasadena ISD officials recently mounted up to ride from school to school to promote the event.

For further information, including a schedule of events, call 281-487-0240 or visit pasadenarodeo.com. For tickets, visit https://bit.ly/2kvsaHG.